The Well-Seasoned Librarian: Mixing Cookbooks and Conversation

Find freshly made loaves, conchas, long breads, nixtamal, polvorones, horchata, café de olla, yerba mate, as well as delicious pantry goods (sardinas, beans), and so much more.

We love putting our heart + soul into our work, in fact this is where you’ll find us. Here being present to each moment in the evolution of Gusto Bread.

Arturo Enciso is a baker from Lebec, CA that has called Long Beach his home for over 10 years. As a self-taught baker for the last 7+ years, he’s grown his hobby into a career with his business Gusto Bread, a panadería orgánica on Retro Row in Long Beach (storefront just opened in Aug 2020). The bakery uses only masa madre (sourdough) for making breads and pan dulces, embracing ancient knowledge and using high-quality ingredients. He believes that good food and bread provide a beautiful way for people to connect with one another, to traditions and wisdom of the past and create community for a brighter future together.

Website: https://gustobread.com/

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio 

Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. is the author or editor of over two dozen books, including Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters, Post-9/11 Horror in American Cinema, The Theology of Battlestar Galactica and Shakespeare and Youth Culture. He is a professor of theatre arts at Loyola Marymount University, and also works as an actor, director, and stage combat choreographer.  You can learn more about his work at 

Website: https://www.somethingwetmorethiswaycomes.com/

Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters  https://www.amazon.com/Eaters-Dead-Realities-Cannibal-Monsters/dp/1789144442

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio: 

Dianne Jacob coaches food writers and bloggers on how to get a cookbook published and how to improve the quality and effectiveness of their writing. She specializes in book proposals, which have a 1 percent acceptance rate. Dianne is the author of a multiple award-winning book on food writing, Will Write for Food: Pursue Your Passion and Bring Home the Dough Writing Recipes, Cookbooks, Blogs and More. She co-authored two cookbooks with chef Craig Priebe and has judged cookbooks for the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Previously a newspaper, magazine and publishing company editor-in-chief, she has a blog and free newsletter aimed at food writers and bloggers. 

See more at https://diannej.com/. Follow Dianne on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/diannemjacob/.

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Hilary Boynton, certified holistic health counselor, received a BA in psychology from the University of Virginia and was trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. The devoted mother of five young kids, Hilary has seen the power of nutritional healing firsthand.

School of Lunch: https://www.schooloflunch.com/abouthilary

The Heal Your Gut Cookbook: Nutrient-Dense Recipes for Intestinal Health Using the GAPS Diet https://www.amazon.com/Heal-Your-Gut-Cookbook-Nutrient-Dense/dp/1603585613

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Caroline Hennessy is a journalist, broadcaster, and writer focusing on food, drink, and travel. A graduate of the Ballymaloe Cookery School, she is the coauthor of Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider (New Island) and Chair of the Irish Food Writers' Guild. You can find out more about her at www.bibliocook.com.

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio: Darina Allen is Ireland's best-known food ambassador and runs the world-renowned cooking school at Ballymaloe, Ireland.

 Darina is the author of 'Irish Traditional Cooking', 'A Year at Ballymaloe Cookery School', 'Healthy Gluten-free Eating', 'Easy Entertaining', 'Forgotten Skills of Cooking' (winner of the Andre Simon Food Book Award 2009), 'A Simply Delicious Christmas' '30 Years at Ballymaloe', 'Grow, Cook, Nourish (winner of The World Gourmand Cookbook Award 2018) and most recently Simply Delicious, The Classic Collection (publishing date end of September 2018). She has won many other awards including for outstanding contribution to the Irish culinary sector by Euro-Toques in 2007, the UK Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 and the 2018 Guaranteed Irish Food Hero

Website: http://www.cookingisfun.ie/ballymaloe-cookery-school/lecturers/darina-allen

Forgotten Skills of Cooking: https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Skills-Cooking-Darina-Allen-ebook/dp/B07HX42KZ7

Ballymaloe Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/BallymaloeCookerySchool

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This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio : JP McMahon is a chef, restaurateur and author. He is culinary director of the EatGalway Restaurant Group, which comprises of Michelin-starred Aniar Restaurant, award-winning Spanish restaurant Cava Bodega, and Tartare Café &Wine Bar (Bib Gourmand). He also runs the Aniar Boutique Cookery School. JP is committed to the educational and ethical aspects of food, to buying and supporting the best of localand free-range produce, and engaging directly with farmers and producers.JP is the founder and plays host to one of the biggest and most talked about international food events in Europe, Food on the Edge. The highly successful inaugural event took place in Galway in October 2015 followed by equally acclaimed 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. The 2020 event fell victim to Covid, however the team published an ebook ‘Lessons from Lockdown: Cooking after Covid’ featuring many former speakers and voices from the industry and plans are afoot to return in 2021. The event features the best international chefs from across the globe. Director, founding and current chair of the Galway Food Festival.

Aniar offers worldwide shipping of The Irish Cookbook from our website and the books are signed and can be personally dedicated on request.

https://www.aniarrestaurant.ie/the-irish-cookbook

The links to each of the restaurants are

Aniar, https://www.aniarrestaurant.ie

Cava Bodega https://www.cavarestaurant.ie/

Tartare Café & Winebar https://tartaregalway.ie/

Food on the Edge

Food on the Edge is a two-day symposium that takes place annually in Ireland. It is for chefs & food enthusiasts all around the world who want to create a better global network.

Link to Food on the Edge Website: https://foodontheedge.ie/

J.P's articles on the Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/profile/jp-mcmahon-7.3707757

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This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

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About Ann Mah

"I’m an American writer based in Paris and Washington, DC. My articles on food and travel have appeared in the  New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, the Washington Post, Vogue.com, Food52, BonAppétit.com, Best American Travel Writing 2017, Washingtonian magazine, and other publications. To read some of my recent work, take a look at my clips here.

My new novel, The Lost Vintage, is a USA Today bestseller and Indie Next pick. I’ve also written a memoir, Mastering the Art of French Eating – which was an Amazon editors’ pick, and winner of the Elle readers prize – and a novel, Kitchen Chinese, which Publishers Weekly called “a great start for a writer with much promise.” I’m also the author of Instantly French, a French cookbook for the Instant Pot and other multifunctional electric pressure cookers. My books have been translated into over twelve languages.

As the recipient of a James Beard Foundation culinary scholarship, I studied in Bologna, Italy, an experience that forged a love of lasagne with béchamel sauce, and prohibitively expensive balsamic vinegar. I have also earned the Level 2 Award in Wine & Spirits with distinction from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET).

I was born in Orange County, California and after graduating from UCLA, I moved to New York City where I worked as a book editor. I currently live in Paris and Washington, DC and have called many other places home, including Hanoi, Vietnam and Beijing, China. My husband’s diplomatic career brings frequent international moves, as well as lots of fresh material (and occasional angst) to write about :)"

Website: http://www.annmah.net/

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This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I’m on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts 🎉☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wellseasonedlib

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Bio: " Life—or at least my writing career—has come full circle. My first ever published book was fiction based on a real-life memoir. My newest books are nonfiction with touches of fiction in occasional dialogue and scene—faction they sometimes call it. But there have been lots of digressions between those titles, more than forty-plus years apart." (To Read More)

Website: https://judyalter.com/about-judy/

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

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Bio:

Tamar Haspel writes the James Beard Award-winning Washington Post column Unearthed, which tackles food from every angle: agriculture, nutrition, obesity, the food environment, DIY.  She’s also written for Discover, Vox, Slate, Fortune, Eater, and Edible Cape Cod.

When she’s tired of the heavy lifting of journalism, she gets dirty. She and her husband, Kevin Flaherty, grow their own tomatoes, catch their own fish, hunt their own venison, and raise their own chickens. If she tells you a wild mushroom is OK to eat, you can believe her.

This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org

April Chan appears on our program courtesy of CHNORCAL.org

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